Ribbon-holder



(No Model.)

0 E SULLY RIBBON HOLDER.

No. 403,155. Patented Ma 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

OSBORNE E. SULLY, OF SPENCER, IOWVA.

RIBBON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 403,155, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed September 1, 1888. Serial No. 284,341. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, OSBORNE E. SULLY, of Spencer, in the county of Clay and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Ribbon-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to ribbon-holders, such as shown and described in the application for Letters Patent filed April 28, 1888, Serial No. 272,107, and allowed July 12, 1888.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved ribbon-holder which is very simple in construction and effectively secures the end of the roll of goods such as ribbonsto the roll.

The invention consists of a holder formed of a single piece of Wire comprising a middle part and. having longitudinal arms, straight sides, and springs formed on the sides and provided with trunnions projecting inward from the springs.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied to a roll of ribbon, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the improvement.

The improved ribbon-holder A is made of one piece of spring-wire, and is bent in its middle to form arms B and B, extending longitudinally in opposite directions, each being bent downward at its outer end, B as is plainly shown in the drawings. The inner ends of the arms B and B continue into the straight parts C and 0, extending in line with each other at right angles to the arms B and B, and the outer ends of the said straight parts 0 and 0 continue into the sides D and D, respectively, extending downward at right angles to the said parts C and C, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The lower ends of the straight sides D and D terminate in coiled springs E and E, of which one part passes in front of the respective side D or D, and the other in the rear of the same, so as to hold said spring securely in place on the respective side D or D. The ends double bent parts F and F, respectively, each provided at its end with an inwardly-projecting trunnion, G or G, and adapted to pass into the center of the roll H, on which the material I is wound in the usual manner. The ends F and F of the springs E and E form offsets and project over the sides of the roll H, so as to prevent the trunnions G and G from passing too far into the roll in case the central aperture becomes too large by Wear. When the holder A is applied to the roll H, the downwardly-bent ends of the longitudinal arms B and B rest firmly on top of the material I, thereby holding the end of the said material in place on the roll. By passing the spring E in front and in the rear of the straight sides D, I prevent the trunnions G from becoming detached from the roll H, as the sides D hold the springs E and E in place. The sides D and D fit snugly against the faces of the roll, and consequently hold the material I in place, preventing the same from bulging out or becoming uneven. As the coils of the springs E and E are very large, they permit of fastening the holder to a very large roll of goods, said springs always having the tendency to draw the cross-bar C, with the longitudinal arms B and B, firmly down on top of the material. The longitudinal arms B and B, on account of their springy nature,will adapt themselves to any uneven surface in the material and hold the goods even on the face of the roll. The springs E and E are prevented from getting out of shape on account of being held on the sides D and D. The arms B and B permit the cross-bars O and O to draw apart, thus adapting the holderto any width of rolls.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters.

Patent, is-

l. A ribbon-holder formed of a single piece of wire, comprising a transverse middle part having opposite longitudinally extending arms B B, formed by bending the wire twice upon itself, straight parts 0 C, extending at right angles to said arms, the sides'D D, springs formed on the sides, and the turn nions projecting inwardly from the springs, substantially as set forth.

2. A ribbon-holder comprising a middle part, side arms, I) D, terminating at their lower ends in the curved springsE E, formed at their ends with the bent parts F F, respectively, each provided at its end with the inwardlyprojecting trunnions G' G, said trnnnions being held from outward move ment by the side arms, substantially as set forth.

A ribbon-holder formed of a single piece of Wire, comprising a middle transverse part haying longitudinal arms with their ends bent dowi'iward, straight sides extending at right angles to the transverse middle part, springs formed at the ends of the said sides and passing in the front and rear of the said sides, projecting ends formed on the said springs, and trunnions formed on the said ends, sub stantially as shown and described.

OSBORNE E. SULLY. Witnesses:

E. F. ATI-IERTON, Mrs. T. S. MCGEE. 

